Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . ractures of the lower end of thehumerus are best treated with the elbow in the extended posi-tion so as to retain the carrying function of the arm. I preferholding it in position by a splint of wood having the obliq-uity of the normal axes of the arm and forearm or by meansof a gypsum splint. Fractures of the forearm require an anterior and posteriorstraight splint, which should be neither too wide nor too nar-row. Fractures of the lower end of the radius usually require SIMPLICITY IJST THE OE FEACTUEES. 43 nothing but a wristlet or band
Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . ractures of the lower end of thehumerus are best treated with the elbow in the extended posi-tion so as to retain the carrying function of the arm. I preferholding it in position by a splint of wood having the obliq-uity of the normal axes of the arm and forearm or by meansof a gypsum splint. Fractures of the forearm require an anterior and posteriorstraight splint, which should be neither too wide nor too nar-row. Fractures of the lower end of the radius usually require SIMPLICITY IJST THE OE FEACTUEES. 43 nothing but a wristlet or band of adhesive plaster carriedaround the lower end of the bone to restrict the movements ofthe wrist joint after reduction. Where there is unusual com-minution of the fragments, a straight wooden splint about sixinches long and an inch wide placed on the back of the wristis all that is required. Fracture of the olecranon demandsscarcely more than a wooden splint about eight inches longand one inch wide in front of the elbow to prevent Fig. of lower end of radius dressed with a wristlet of adhesive plaster. Fractures of the femur, whether of the neck or shaft or abovethe condyles, can generally be well treated by permanent trac-tion made by attached adhesive plaster and a weight fastenedto a rope going over a pulley at the foot of the bed. By alter-ing the direction of the traction, the surgeon will find thismethod satisfactory in all ordinary cases. Sand-bags at thesides of the femur to prevent displacement or a short splintof binders board around the thigh at the seat of fracture isthe only additional apparatus likely to be needed. Some-times this can be omitted. For fractures of the tibia andfibula a fracture box, or plaster of Paris splint, meets all theordinary indications. Yin. BEPRACTURE FOR THE RELIEF OF DEFORMITYAFTER FRACTURE. Kefbactube, or rupture of the callus, is only one of themethods of dealing with the deformity, but it combines theadvantages o
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